Aseity (divine self-existence) and abstract objects: Mike denies abstract objects truly exist, resolving the problem

Mike defines aseity as God's self-existence — he is not caused by anything else and has always existed eternally. On abstract objects: Mike takes the nominalist position that abstract objects (concepts, numbers) do not literally exist. The number one as a concept has no actual existence apart from minds or written form, so there is no explanatory problem. Distinguishes this from Platonism, which posits abstract objects as genuinely existing and would require accounting for their origin.